Mycolicibacterium agri

Mycolicibacterium agri (formerly Mycobacterium agri^[2]) is a species of bacteria from the phylum Actinomycetota that was first isolated from soil.^[4] It is non-pigmented and grows rapidly at 25–45 °C on Ogawa egg medium.^[1] It has also been isolated from a human skin infection,^[5] and raw milk^[6] M. agri is capable of degrading octocrylene.^[7]

Mycolicibacterium agri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycolicibacterium
Species:	M. agri
Binomial name
Mycolicibacterium agri (Tsukamura 1981) Gupta et al. 2018[1][2]
Type strain[3]
90012 ATCC 27406 CCUG 37673 A CCUG 37673 B CIP 105391 DSM 44515 JCM 6377
Synonyms[2]
"Mycobacterium agri" Tsukamura 1972[4] Mycobacterium agri (ex Tsukamura 1972) Tsukamura 1981